Happy Happy Birthday Daniel Dear...

Someone had a BIRTHDAY!!! So I am waaaaaaaaaaay behind on my blogs, sorry about that. But Daniel's Birthday was May 26th, not even one week after we moved in lol so things were a bit crazy. But in the midst of everything that happened I tried my best to give Dan a special Bday. 

I surprised him with dinner reservations at The Chop House here in Grand Rapids, MI. I did some research for nice places to eat and The Chop Shop is the number one steak house in Grand Rapids. It's comparable to KC's Capital Grill (don't worry, we got our bill discounted 50% for the birthday boy, score)!

After some steak and the best crab cakes ever we came home for a quiet evening and some Bday cake. I even sang for him. 

Look at that adorable face :) Happy 29th sweetheart!!!

Sad News

Well Michigan hasn't been the most welcoming state to us. When we were here last summer for Dan's internship with Amway he had emergency surgery on his kidney...no bueno. This summer we moved with an exciting adventure before us of starting our family here but alas, I miscarried earlier this week...double no bueno.

For those of you who did not know I was pregnant I was only 8 weeks along. I began heavy bleeding Wednesday morning and I just knew... The next few days after that was a series of Dr. visits, blood work and ultra sounds where they ultimately could not find a heartbeat. We suspected as much with the heavy bleeding and the magic vanishing of my intense morning/all day sickness. The good news is the ultra sound did not display any abnormalities that should prevent conceiving a healthy baby in the future. We will begin trying in a few months.

Until then, Daniel and I doing OK. Of course we are sad, but we also understand this is very common and things like this just happen for whatever reason. We have no doubt that we will have our healthy baby one day :) Daniel will continue working for Amway while I find a hobby to occupy my time...maybe work? Now let's not be silly, I'm still on vacation from my other job in AZ.

Anyway, thank you SO MUCH for you kind words of love and support. We are truly blessed to have the friends and family we do to help us get through trying times like this.

Much love.

Goodbye Arizona

Sorry I'm a little behind in my posts! But things are JUST now settling down. After we got back from our trip to California it was only a matter of 2 days to pack everything up and say goodbye to our life in Phoenix. 

Many thanks to Brad and Scott (fellow T-birds) helping us load it all up!!!

This is our little (empty) apartment that was our home for the past 2 years : (

I WILL MISS YOU!!!!

Sorry if I seem like a big ball baby! But I honestly LOVED living in Arizona! I'm having a hard time coming to grips that this next winter I will be up to my waist in snow instead of walking around in my flip flops in 70 degree weather.... Ah, such is life!

Well, it's official. We are Michiganders! We got moved in this last weekend and Daniel started work TODAY at Amway's headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI. We will reside in MI until further notice. More to come on our new home and continued lives in the "Wolverine State!"